Vanzetti (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} vaznetti) wrote,@ 2009-06-26 10:57:00 |
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Public Housekeeping
1. Warnings, since I see people posting their warnings policies.
I view this as mostly a "don't be an asshole" issue, so I try not to be an asshole; I checked my fic page and discovered that I did warn for the most obvious potential trigger-thing, an offscreen rape in an early XF story. My webpage has notation for sex or violence next to story listings. But I also do try to warn as little as possible, and I do expect my readers not to act like idiots. My feeling is that if you are reading an Alias story with a Syd/Lauren pairing, and the summary does not explicitly promise you fluffy bunnies, you should probably not be too surprised if the material contains skeevy power dynamics instead of fluffy bunnies.
I am really, really torn about warning for character death. Sometimes I have, and sometimes I haven't. Sometimes I want that warning as a reader, and sometimes I don't. These two statements are related.
So in short: I try not to be an asshole, and I hope that readers will not act like idiots. If you, the readers, feel that there's something in a story that ought to have a warning, let me know. I promise to listen to you. If you want to know before reading a story whether it contains something that will trigger you, you can always ask me.
2. The one thing I miss about Microsoft Outlook is the todo list function; I relied on it to keep organized at work. Now I need something like that, ideally an online service that I can keep open in a tab. I'd like it to prioritize by date and if possible to have tags for different categories of tasks. Does such a thing exist?
3. I suspect that the level of my irritation with the universe is directly related to the amount of sleep I've been getting -- or rather, not getting. But really, what happened to that hot, dry summer we were promised? The news was full of dire sunstroke warnings, until June hit and it became clear that we were actually having a warm-but-not-too-warm and moderately rainy summer. So much for global warming! I become more of a skeptic about that with every passing day, but see above re: lack of sleep.
4. I feel like I should say something about Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson both dying, but I'm not, because I can't think of anything. Is this post very grumpy? If so, I'm sorry. The internet is making me cranky these days.
1. Warnings, since I see people posting their warnings policies.
I view this as mostly a "don't be an asshole" issue, so I try not to be an asshole; I checked my fic page and discovered that I did warn for the most obvious potential trigger-thing, an offscreen rape in an early XF story. My webpage has notation for sex or violence next to story listings. But I also do try to warn as little as possible, and I do expect my readers not to act like idiots. My feeling is that if you are reading an Alias story with a Syd/Lauren pairing, and the summary does not explicitly promise you fluffy bunnies, you should probably not be too surprised if the material contains skeevy power dynamics instead of fluffy bunnies.
I am really, really torn about warning for character death. Sometimes I have, and sometimes I haven't. Sometimes I want that warning as a reader, and sometimes I don't. These two statements are related.
So in short: I try not to be an asshole, and I hope that readers will not act like idiots. If you, the readers, feel that there's something in a story that ought to have a warning, let me know. I promise to listen to you. If you want to know before reading a story whether it contains something that will trigger you, you can always ask me.
2. The one thing I miss about Microsoft Outlook is the todo list function; I relied on it to keep organized at work. Now I need something like that, ideally an online service that I can keep open in a tab. I'd like it to prioritize by date and if possible to have tags for different categories of tasks. Does such a thing exist?
3. I suspect that the level of my irritation with the universe is directly related to the amount of sleep I've been getting -- or rather, not getting. But really, what happened to that hot, dry summer we were promised? The news was full of dire sunstroke warnings, until June hit and it became clear that we were actually having a warm-but-not-too-warm and moderately rainy summer. So much for global warming! I become more of a skeptic about that with every passing day, but see above re: lack of sleep.
4. I feel like I should say something about Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson both dying, but I'm not, because I can't think of anything. Is this post very grumpy? If so, I'm sorry. The internet is making me cranky these days.
